Broadcast And The Focus Group - Broadcast And The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age (2009)

'Broadcast and The Focus Group investigate Witch cults of the Radio Age' is a dream sequence of sonics for the Hauntology canon, pairing Ghost Box's Julian House, aka The Focus Group, with longtime favourites Broadcast for a head swirl of psychedelic sampling, wistful vocals and charming melodic ephemera with an ominous underlying tension.

If you're at all familiar with either artist/s you'll fast acknowledge they've achieved a well poised balance between their respective styles, with House's involvement leaning the project more towards abstracted, collage-like arrangements recalling the soundtracks to Nigel Keale's cult TV series 'Quatermass' and Brit horror flicks 'Terror' or 'Witchfinder General', while retaining Broadcast's intimate song structures with Trish Keenan's haunting vocals and original instrumentation. We won't even attempt to describe these tracks any further as their magic is so intense and densely woven that much closer inspection would be required before emabarking on such a task. Suffice to say that the artists involved here have shared a wonderfully unique vision that needs to be experienced in private and intimate settings for full effect, preferably with the lights dimmed low, and after the witching hour. An absolutely essential release, one of the finest you'll hear this year.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - intro/magnetic tales (0:39)
1.02 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - the be colony (4:32)
1.03 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - how do you get along sir? (1:11)
1.04 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - will you read me. (1:20)
1.05 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - reception/group therapy (1:20)
1.06 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - a quiet moment (0:58)
1.07 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - i see, so i see so (2:09)
1.08 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - you must wake (1:36)
1.09 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - one million years ago (2:16)
1.10 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - a seancing song (2:19)
1.11 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - oh you chatterbox (1:25)
1.12 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - drug party (1:28)
1.13 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - libra, the mirror's minor self (2:45)
1.14 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - love's long listen-in (1:48)
1.15 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - we are after all here (2:32)
1.16 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - a medium's high (2:29)
1.17 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - ritual / looking in (4:21)
1.18 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - make my sleep his song (2:41)
1.19 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - royal chant (2:14)
1.20 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - what i saw (1:03)
1.21 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - let it begin/oh joy (3:28)
1.22 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - round and round and round (1:39)
1.23 - Broadcast And The Focus Group - the be colony/dashing home/what on earth took you? (2:30)